nha
Portuguese, noun
nha is spelled N-H-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nha is a Portuguese noun meaning “an affectionate term of address given by African nannies to young women” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, nhá is a different word: “an affectionate term of address given by African nannies to young…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “senhora”.
What does nha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletean affectionate term of address given by African nannies to young women
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. você, tratamento respeitoso em terceira pessoa para uma mulher
noun: 1. senhora 2. avó
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nha
- nhás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nha in Portuguese?
nha appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).